As of November 1, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 87.38 percent of their annual quota (up to April 2015) for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.
For the period from October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015, the quota in question is 9,328 mt. Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 1,177.1 mt.
In particular, Russia used 100 percent of its quota (6,631 mt) for exports of the mentioned products to Ukraine, Austria used 100 percent (13,67 mt) of its quota, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Indian and China did not use their quota, while other countries used 35 percent (152.95 mt) of their quotas.